Lord Laird: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	How many (a) regular police officers; (b) full-time reserve officers; and (c) part-time officers of the Police Services of Northern Ireland were on duty on each Saturday night during November 2004 in the Ards district command unit.

The Earl of Northesk: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether the steps which the group Electronic Civil Disobedience propose to take to pursue a denial of service attack against the fur industry from their website on 14 February are legal in the United Kingdom.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: I understand that this question relates to assertions purportedly made by a group known as Electronic Civil Disobedience that for several days after 14 February they will seek to co-ordinate the international flooding of e-mail systems of organisations in the fur industry, and hence disable these systems.
	As a government Minister I am unable to comment on the specific case to which the noble Lord refers.
	Section 3 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 criminalises denial of service attacks where either the offender or the system under attack is located in the UK.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: In these examples, and assuming the parents were married at the time of the birth, the child would acquire British overseas citizenship under Article 6(2) providing confirmation were obtained from relevant authorities that he or she had not acquired any other citizenship at birth, either through a parent or through the place of birth.

Lord Filkin: The Government are committed to improving young people's sexual health. Both the teenage pregnancy and sexual health and HIV strategies encourage sexually active young people to use condoms to protect against unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Younger teenagers are also encouraged to delay sexual activity until they feel ready.
	These messages are communicated through national media campaigns and through the guidance issued to schools on the delivery of sex and relationship education. The public health White Paper, published in November 2004, included significant additional resources focused on improving young people's sexual health. In addition, the Children Act 2004 requires all local partners to co-operate to achieve the five outcomes for children, one of which is being healthy (including being sexually healthy). One of the key indicators used to measure progress on this outcome will be the incidence of new episodes of STIs among young people.
	Sex and relationship education, including education about HIV/Aids and other STIs is a statutory requirement in all maintained secondary schools.

Lord Whitty: Reform of the landfill tax credit scheme allocated approximately £84 million, £92 million and 92 million to sustainable waste management in England between 2003–4 and 2005–6. These funds are administered through Defra's Waste Implementation Programme, which aims to ensure that legally binding targets to reduce significantly the amount of biodegradable municipal waste sent to landfill are met.
	There are no expected shortfalls in the budget for the rest of the 2004–05 financial year, which ends on 31 March. Planned levels of expenditure for 2005–06 mean that no significant shortfall is likely to be available to support major new programmes of work.
	Major areas of funding include: £40 million to take forward a programme of four waste reduction measures; £25 million for programmes designed to help local authorities increase access to doorstep collection of materials for recycling; £22 million for two programmes to improve the quality and availability of data and research; £37 million for a programme of development of new technologies, including pilots; and £4 million for a programme to support voluntary and community waste group initiatives which include delivery of waste education work.
	Other waste implementation programmes contribute to informal methods of environmental education and awareness raising. For example, £30 million over three years has been allocated to the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) for national and local waste awareness campaigns.
	The Waste Implementation Programme contributed £29 million in 2003–04 and 2004–05 to boost Defra's Waste Minimisation and Recycling Fund, which provides project-based funding to local authorities to enable them to roll out high-quality recycling schemes in their areas. The programme also provided £20 million in targeted grants to local authorities in 2004–05 to reduce pressure faced by councils to fund services such as waste management through increases in council tax.